The Challenge of Helmand

Defender
A soldier mans a gun in Kajaki Olya. The unwillingness of the townspeople to move back frustrates Shervington, the British commander. "The whole campaign is about the people," he says. "If there are not people then we are just fighting the Taliban, which from a soldier's perspective is quite easy. But it's not winning the war."

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